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Abstract

Medicinal plants are rich sources of specialized metabolites that are of great importance to plants, animals, and humans. The usefulness of active biological compounds cuts across different fields, such as agriculture, forestry, food processing and packaging, biofuels, biocatalysts, and environmental remediation. In recent years, research has shifted toward the use of microbes, especially endophytes (bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and the combination of these organisms with other alternatives to optimize the production and regulation of these compounds. This review reinforces the production of specialized metabolites, especially by plants and microorganisms, and the effectiveness of microorganisms in increasing the production/concentration of these compounds in plants. The study also highlights the functions of these compounds in plants and their applications in various fields. New research areas that should be explored to produce and regulate these compounds, especially in plants and microbes, have been identified. Methods involving molecular studies are yet to be fully explored, and next-generation sequencing possesses an interesting and reliable approach.

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Title
Production and Functionalities of Specialized Metabolites from Different Organic Sources
Author
Oladipo, Abiodun 1 ; Enwemiwe, Victor 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ejeromedoghene, Onome 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Adebayo, Ademola 4 ; Ogunyemi, Olakunle 5 ; Fu, Fangfang 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; [email protected] 
 Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Delta State University, Abraka 330106, Nigeria; [email protected] 
 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangning District, Nanjing 211189, China; [email protected] 
 Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada; [email protected] 
 Department of Social and Environmental Forestry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200005, Oyo State, Nigeria; [email protected] 
First page
534
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
22181989
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2679774154
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.